Even babies like to grab for things just beyond their reach.

Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer.

You'll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest.

Nobody notices it when your zipper is up, but everyone notices when it's down.

It's easier to throw sticks on the campfire than to try to restart it when it goes out.

If you want to zoom down the expert slope tomorrow, you have to fall down the bunny slope today.

If you want pancakes for breakfast, offer to help make them.

Look at the footprints you've made.

Ten minutes is short if it's a recess and long if it's a punishment.

It's not enough to be able to spell "magnificence" in your bedroom. You have to be able to spell it at the microphone during the spelling bee.

If you want to see a shooting star, you might have to spend a lot of nights looking up.

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.

The most heinous crime is to disappoint those who trust in you

All grief, anyone's grief...is the weight of a sleeping child.

What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.

There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.

The woman was sane; she accepted the heavy penalties of reality and enjoyed its gifts also.

If you look back at past administrations, they're probably a little bit behind where former President George W. Bush was.

I think you should do in life what you think you'll make a real difference at. And generally, as a businessperson, you do things you don't really have experience in.

When the afterburner lights, I haven't got 5,000 horsepower. I've got 10,000 horsepower, and possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.